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CALOSCORDOU M nerinefolium. 
Nerine-leaved Caloscord. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. LiLıacex. (LILYWORTS, Vegetable Kingdom, p. 200.) 
CALOSCORDUM ; (vel si mavis, Allium, $ Caloscordum). Tubus 
cum pedunculo articulatus, subsexangularis, inferne ampliatus, germen breve 
comprehendens, ore membrana inconspicuá staminiferà munito; /imbus 
tubum longe superans reflexe patens laciniis uninervibus ; filamenta vix 
inferne dilatata, petalina ore tubi, sepalina parum infra inserta ; anthere par- 
vule ; stylus cylindricus brevis cito marcescens non deciduus ; stigmata tria, 
brevia, tenuia, patentia; capsula subrotunda. Folia linearia; semina 
obovata, rugosa, nigra, hilo albido ; odor alliaceus nullus.— Herbert in Bot. 
Reg. 1844. Misc. no. 64. 
— 
C. nerineflorum ; bulbo parvulo, foliis dodrantalibus 7; uncie latis subglaucis 
crassis dorso rotundato superficie subcanaliculaté planà, caule 7-unc. vel 
infratenui, spatha $ unc. univalvi latà 1-2-bracteatà, pedunculis sub- 
duodecim 23 unc. vel infra, perianthio vix semunciali roseopurpurascente 
striá mediá obscuriore.— Herbert, l. c. 
This plant was sent to Spofforth by J. Trevor Alcock, 
Esq., who received it from Chusan when that island was 
occupied by our troops, and it has since flowered three 
seasons. The Dean of Manchester, to whom we are indebted 
for our specimens, has given a very full account of it at the 
place above quoted, and remarks that Allium chinense is no 
doubt another species of the genus. 
Dr. Herbert distinguishes Caloscordum from Allium, 
Pseudoscordum, &c.—1. by the form and articulation of the 
tube which includes the ovary ; 2. by the filaments being in- 
serted deeper, and not having a membranous dilatation ; 3. by 
the withering style; and 4. by the recurved direction of the 
lobes of the perianth. 
Although this plant puts on an attractive appearance in 
the accompanying plate, yet we cannot recommend it for 
ornamental cultivation, for it is often much smaller, and its 
foliage is miserable. 
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